Infants garment



(No Model.)

0. GUIDOTTI. INFANTS GARMENT.

No. 426,800. PatentedApr. 29, 1890.

W 2 f file/271101:

ms News PETERS c0, mum-mam, msmuerau, u. c.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLAUDIA GUIDOTTI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IN FANTS GARM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,800, dated April 291890.

Application filed January 9, 1890. Serial No. 336,435. (No model.)

- T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLAUDIA GUIDOTTI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Stomach-Protector andAbdominal Supporter for Infants, of which the following is aspecification.

By my invention a garment is obtained adapted to form astomach-protector and an abdominal supporter and a waist to which thediaper ordinarily worn by an infant can be attached, and by which itwill be supported, and also a supporter for the diaper-drawers which areat times placed upon an infant;

, and the purpose of this invention is to obtain a garment of thecharacter named suitable for use as an article of clothing for aninfant, and which cannot be drawn downward over the stomach or abdomenof the child or slipped or pushed upward above the stomach or abdomen.

A further purpose of theinvention is to obtain a waist adapted to form astomach and abdominal supporter for an infant.

I have illustrated my invention by the drawings accompanying and forminga part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of thegarment obtained; Fig. 2, an elevation of the central piece used in theconstruction of such garment, and Fig. 3 an elevation of one of the tworight and left side pieces.

In order to construct this garment easily and economically and at thesame time to procure an article of clothing which will properly serve asan abdominal support, I 0011- struct such garment, when the same is madeof the textile fabrics generally used about the clothing of infants-suchas cotton flannel, muslin, and the like of three pieces or articles,consisting of a central piece and a right and left side piece. Thecentral piece is illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, but with theextensions on. such piece which form the shoulder-straps of the garmentcut away. Fig. 3 is an elevation of one of the right and left sidepieces. These side pieces are similar in form, a back view of one beingidentical with a front View of the other. But one of such pieces isforthis reason illustrated.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

A is the central piece of the garment.

A A are shouldenstraps formed by extension of the upper part of piece A.I do not, however, consider it an essential part of my invention thatthe shoulder-straps A be integral with piece A, as these straps A may besecured to piece A, as indicated by the dotted line A A in Fig. 1.

a a are the curved side edges of piece A, which are secured by sewing inthe ordinary manner to the right and left side pieces B B.

a is that part of the edge of piece A coming near to or in contact withthe arm of the infant when the garment is Worn.

The side piece B has the edge 1) thereof, which is secured to edge a ofpiece A, curved in form, so that when the edges to and b are sewedtogether in the ordinary way the garment will, as it is placed upon aninfant, fit closely up against the stomach and abdomen of the infant andform a support therefor. The lower edge I) of the side piece B curvesupward from the attachment of such side piece B to the central piece A,as such side piece extends around the body and over the hips of theinfant.

b is the upper edge of the side piece B, and this upper edge is curvedat the part thereof which is designed to form a portion of the armpitsrequired when the garment is placed upon an infant, and theSllflLlilfil-fitltlfliA A are brought over the shoulders and attached.llyflpinningto.tlmpieoes.B at the back of the child and near the end ofsuch pieces B.

b isthe straight edge of piece B, which forms the end of the garment.

0 is a band constructed of a strip of tape or other suitable material,which is attached to the garment by the stitches C.

D D are buttons placed on strip 0 when an attachment is desired fordiaperdrawers. 'lhestgip Q in addition to forming a support for thebuttons D, is designed to act as anonelastic l ipd tgiding to retain thegarment in proper shape when used.

E E are cars secured by stitching c to central piece Aand to one end ofone of the side pieces B, respectively. The purpose of these ears E E isto provide a flap which when the IOO.

garment is placed upon an infant shall come approximately directly infront and behind the child, and to which can be pinned with an ordinarysafety-pin a diaper worn by the child.

F is a hem or binding running around the entire garment and around theflaps or ears E E, and f f are the stitches holding the hem or bindingF.

It will be observed that in addition to the abdominal support affordedby the shape of the garment obtained in uniting the curved edges a b, asdescribed, such shape tends to retain the garment in position whenplaced upon an infant and prevent it from being pushed or slid upwardover the stomach of the child, and when a diaper is secured to the earsE E a yet further protection against the slipping up of the garment isobtained.

No buttons are used to secure the shoulderstraps to the pieces B whenplacing the garment upon the infant or in attaching the outer edges of Btogether, as although I have found it convenient and necessary to havediiferent sizes in this garment, yet the rapid growth of an infantprecludes the idea of providin any permanent point of attachment of suchshoulder-strap or of such pieces 13.

One of the important features of my invention (which Iprefer toconstruct, as hereinbefore described, of textile fabric cut as statedand attached together in the manner illustrated and set out herein) isthat by the employment of the binding F in place of a hem F and by theuse of the band C that portion of the garment formed by pieces A and Bmay be constructed of knitted goods, if desired. In such case the ears EE may, and I prefer that the same shall, be constructed of textilefabric secured by a stitching in the manner described to the garment.The binding 1 and the band C serve, when the body of the garment isconstructed of knitted material, to retain the garment in shape, so thatthe same shall serve, as herein described,for an abdominal or stomachsupporter for the child upon whom. the garment is placed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A garment for infants wear, consisting of the central piece A, havingshoulder-straps A and curved opposite side edges to, and the right andleft side pieces 13, each having a curved edge Z), by which they areattached to the curved edges a of the central piece, said pieces 13 alsohaving the curved lower edge 1), adapted. to rise over the hips of thewearer, and the central horizontally-disposed. band 0.

CLAUDIA GUIDOTTI.

lVitnesses:

Gon'rFnIED GUInotrrI, CHARLES T. BRowN.

